BAMBALINA  PUPPET  THEATRE

Tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com
$5 general admission
FREE for kids, seniors, IC students and members

The Chicago premiere of Kraft!  A spectacle based on play and humour - building puppets on stage - three-part songs - in a show without words - and music using everyday objects.

Making inventive use of simple paper, this Spanish theatre group creates puppets live on stage - extraordinary creatures that 
you never imagined could be made out of paper. Fun and creative, this puppet theatre will enchant your children with the transformation of everyday objects into a new world of art, music and imagination.

The things you never thought could be done with paper.

“Trees give us shade, fruit, flowers, medicine, oxygen - and paper. We were asking ourselves where the soul of a tree converted into paper could be hiding. One thing occurred to us: make the folds sing. This gave us some sounds that led us to notes for a primary musical scale, the tone of which, once unfolded, magically rebuilt the rustling of the leaves in the trees, the murmur of waves on the seashore, the crackle of fire or the thunder of a summer storm. No longer can we put off the need for a playful and vital spectacle that will simply deal with our love for things and people. Quite simply, letting us move on, without artifice or ambiguities without great pretensions. And that is what gave rise to Kraft, like a primary idea, like a kid’s thought, by pilling up paper and cardboard for a big game.”

Artistic Team:
Script and stage direction: Jaume Policarpo
Musical direction: Jesús Salvador “Chapi”
Actors: Merce Tienda, Óscar Jareño/Josep Mª Zapater, David Durán/Vicente Arlandis/Jaume Policarpo.

AWARDS:
- Best Children’s Show (TGV Awards) 2008
- Best Cast Actress: Mercedes Tienda (Abril Awards) 2008
- Best producer (Premis Awards) 2008
- Best Show in the International Puppet Festival de Maribor (Slovenia) 2007
- Honourable Mention from the Torun International Puppet Festival (Poland) 2007
- Best show in the Vall d'Albaida Mostra de Titelles 2007